For those of you that are new around here, I’m a big fan of gifts that aren’t the norm. I love having local creatives create gifts for me to share with friends and family so it’s that little bit more personal. Sometimes I do find it a little tough to find something I want as there are only so many hand-drawn prints you can give…

For me, I love to have a fitness goal. Having something to work towards makes me more inspired to get down the gym and get working so I’ve made sure I set myself a few obtainable goals for the year as this girl is NOT running anymore London Marathons, that’s for sure! My legs just don’t have it in them! But I do want to…

I am one of those people that plan their holidays around eating. Yes, the way to my heart is 100% through my stomach and I love to try new foods around the world. One place that has popped up on my radar lately and that’s Puerto del Carmen in Lanzarote, Spain. Puerto del Carmen is home to plenty of beaches such as sandy Playa Grande and…

 Anyone that reads this blog, or knows me in person will know that when I’m not traveling, I’m planning my next trip. That next trip might be a night away in Plymouth or a 10-day trip driving around Iceland, I just can’t help myself but plan, plan and plan. Especially when I was working in the travel industry and I’d see so many incredible places that I…

Whenever we visit somewhere in the UK we end up in a National Trust location, whether it’s a stately home, a castle or just a National Trust owned car park and this time in Shropshire was no different! Within 24 hours of hitting the Shropshire Hills we were in a National Trust home, so after chatting with the lovely tickets lady we had made our…

Nothing beats waking up at 6am, driving for over two hours and being greeted with wind, rain and zero phone signal. Wait I’m joking, of course, what I really meant to say was, after a long 2-hour drive where you left home at 6am, nothing can beat the sight of Snowdonia National Park in Wales. There was plenty of wind, a fair amount of drizzle and…

Before I left my job and headed to Shropshire for the week, I spent an evening with the lovely John Lewis team at the Waitrose Cookery School in King’s Cross learning how to batch cook as it can apparently you can save up to £1,493 per year  instead of buying your lunch! I’m all for saving money now I’ve gone freelance and with being at…

Do you ever get that feeling where everything feels messy and cramped, giving you very little space to move? Or maybe you’re struggling to relax at the end of the day due to that huge pile of magazines falling over on the coffee table. Well, if this is happening, the best thing you can do is declutter your home. From the living room through to…